1. WWII Review 1939-1945

2. 3 types of government: Communism Dictatorship Democracy

3. Dictatorship Democracy Communism

4. Axis vs. Allied Great Britain Soviet Union Italy U.S. Germany Japan

5. Alliances Axis Forces  Japan  Italy  Germany Allied Forces Great Britain Great Britain Soviet Union Soviet Union USA USA

6. Match the leaders and countries Stalin Stalin Hitler Hitler FDR/Truman FDR/Truman Churchill Churchill Hirohito Hirohito Mussolini Mussolini Japan Japan Italy Italy Germany Germany Great Britain Great Britain Soviet Union Soviet Union U.S.A. U.S.A.

7. Leaders and Countries JapanItalyGermany Great Britain Soviet Union U.S.HirohitoMussoliniHitlerChurchillStalinFDR/Truman

8. What Day is it? D-Day VE-Day VJ-Day

9. The allied invasion of Normandy France to get the Germans out of France. D-Day

10. The day after Germany surrendered to the Allies. VE-Day

11. Where did Japan surprise an attack on Dec. 7, 1941? Pearl Harbor

12. What Pacific island (close to Japan) provided a place for American planes to attack Japan? Iwo Jima

13. What was a period in history when Jews & other minorities were discriminated, imprisoned, and killed? Holocaust

14. What happened at Hiroshima and Nagasaki? Truman made the difficult decision to drop bombs on these two Japanese cities.

15. Why did Truman make the decision to drop the atomic bombs? Too many lives would be lost with an invasion. The war had been going on for 6 years. The war needed to end!

16. What were the dates of WWII? (List the years.) 1939-1945

17. What marked the end of WWII? D-Day VE-Day VJ-Day

18. What group had the goals of world peace and human rights? Fourteen Points United Nations Treaty of Versailles Tuskegee Airmen United Nations

19. Who was responsible for America’s involvement in the United Nations? Franklin D. Roosevelt

20. What were the effects of rationing in America? allowed equal sharing of goods. sacrificing on the homefront was worth supporting the war effort. drove less on the homefront to save rubber for war effort.